Water-gage.



J. TOROK. WATER GAGE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

:otros Tonen, cin-Rinnovo, PENNSYLVANM.;

' Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application flied .Nevembeinaa 190e. seri-a1 no. 530,294.

To all-'whom fitwtayiconcern; y Bc it known that-T, JULlUsToRon, a citizen of the United States of'lifrmerica', residing at. Renovo, y1in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in later-Gages, of'which the followingis a specification, reference' being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention is zin-improvement upon"4 my Patent No. 928,08Q,granted July 13,

The present invention aims to provide a water gage with two separate' and distinct, signals for notifying-.an engg'ineei1 or soun-ding an alarm when water within a boiler has reached predetermined levels.

The invention further aims to accomplish this object by a simple, durable and in- `expensive construction that is similar'j to the' 'water gage described in my patent, and 1n order that those not conversant with the samecan fully understand the present invention, reference will be had to' a drawing forming a partof this specification, wherein there is illustrated the construction disclosed in my patent and the present improvement as applied thereto.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional view of a gage constructed in accordance with. my invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the .same, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the gage.

In the drawing the reference numeral 1 'denotes a cylindrical casing having. the

, lower end thereof closed and providedwith a drain pipe 2 having a suitable globe valve 5 adapted to close the pipe. The upper end ofthe casing 1 is intcriorly screw threaded, as at 4 and is' adapted to receive the eXtcriorly threaded end 5 of a cylindrical housing (i having the up )er end thereof pro vided with a` detachable cap 7.

denotes a handle carried by one side ot' the casing 1 atthe upper end thereof. v f, 9 denotes a sight glass carried by one side 'of"said casing andjcom'innnicating 'therewith.

10 dnote s petcocks carrietll by the. outer side of said casing.

l'12 denotes a water pipe for establishing communication and4 13 indicates a water pipe for establishing 'communication between the kupper end of the housing,r G and "the boiler (not shown) Depending from the "lower end of *the "internetter-tar. *eet wie..."

housing,` 6' endl extending `into 'the casing 1 'are opposi-t'cly'-disposed guideaods ift hav- -i'iig :the lower; ends` thereof connected together by a strap 15. f'Slidably-mounted upon the rods 1i through the medium of the apertuied lugs 16 a float 17 having vSecured to the upper end thereof a Vertically-disposed.support 1S carrying an upper and a vflowerset ot* resilient contacts. The contacts of the 4lowei-set"cach consists of curved" orf bow-sliaped nieta'llic'arins 19 secured at 'their upper: ends as at' 21. to' the support '18 and each` of the contacts oi the upper set ot contacts consists of a curved orfbow-shaped metallic arm 2t) having;Y its lower endl secured as at yQ1 to' thc support- 18. The arms-"19 vare disposed rat rigrht angles with respect to the arms 2t).

22 denotesI radially disposed bosses carried adjacent to the lower end ot thel housing (3,-

these bosses being provided with openings 23 forlplugs ot' insulation Q-it. ln the plugs Q-l are mounted the shanlts :25 ot` segment shaped or'curved electrodes 2G, said electrodes being` located within the housing 6, while the outer ends et' thc shanks 25 protrude from theI casingand are provided 'with binding posts 2T and 28.

29 denotes an. electric bell; 30 a battery and 31 a switch7 said bell, battcryand switch being connected by wires 32 'to forni an electric circuit.

33 denotes an electric bell; le a battery and :25 a switch, said bell, batte'fv and switch being connected by wires 36 te the binding' posts 28.

lf the water within the boiler is low, the float 1'? will be lowered and canse the resilient contacts 2O to' engage oppositely disposed electrodes and establish a circuit through the bell 29 and battery 30 and sound an audible alarm. Should water in the boiler rise above its no1-mpi level, thc float. 17 will beelevated allowing the lower' set of contacts 19 totestablish a circuit thrdugh the electrodes, battery 34 and bell 33, thereby sounding an alarm.

From the foregoing it will be observed that l have devised two sets of-signals for the water gage, have eliminated the couplii'igA member andgoose-neck connection r terred to in my prior patent, thus simplifying the construction and attaining separate signals that can be made distin Uuishable whereby an engineer can immediate y determine the condition of a boiler.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

l. In a Water ga e a casing, a housing mounted thereon an communicatin therewith, a water pipe communicating with said casing,y a water pipe communicating with Y said housing, guide rods carried by the housing and depending intosaid casing, a iioat s1idably-mounted u on said rods and provided with a vertica ly-disposed support, an upper and a lowerset of resilient contacts secured to said support, the contacts of the upper set disposed at right angles with respect to the contacts of the lower set, and two pairs of electrodes, the electrodes of each pair being oppositelyfdisposed, and the electrodes of one pair coperating withone set of contacts, and the electrodes of the other pair associating with the other set of contacts.

2. In a water gage, a casing, a housing mounted thereon and communicating therewith, a water pipe communicating with said s1idab1y-mounted upon said rods and prof vided with a vertica11y-disposed support, an upper and a lower set of resilient contacts secured to said support, the contacts of theV upper set4 disposed at right angles with respect to the contactsof the lower set, two pairs of electrodes, the electrodes of each pair being oppositely-disposed, the electrodes of one pair coperating with one set of contacts, and the electrodes of the other pair associating with thel other set of contacts, means carried by the housing for supporting said' electrodes, and each of said'eiectrodes having a segment-shaped inner end arranged in the path of one of the contacts, and alarm cir cuit connections associating with each pair of electrodes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oi` two witnesses.

JULIUS ToRoK.

Witnesses:

B. KELLEY, JOSEPH LAPORA. 

